Sustaining The Sustainability Office

The Sustainability Office at Carleton College

Students from the Carleton College Sustainability Office bring you weekly conversations with folks from the Northfield area who dedicate their time to sustaining our environment.

Episodes

  1. 08/12/2025

    St. Olaf ECOrganizers Sylvia Sandhorst and Ava Lindquist

    Ava and Sylvia are two leaders in the ECOrganizers group of Environmental Coalition student members at St. Olaf college. They walk us through why they joined ECOrgainizers, their experiences with collaboration with other groups at St. Olaf, and some of the successes and challenges they've had while part of the Environmental Coalition.

    16 min

  2. 01/12/2025

    An overview of the updated Minnesota Climate Action Framework

    Join hosts Emilia Rodriguez, Declan Grubbs and Farren Groom as we talk though the highlights of the updated 2026 Minnesota Climate Action Framework. Learn what the framework is, how the climate emergency is impacting Minnesota, and the climate-action goals our state has set for itself in the coming decades.

    28 min

  3. 24/11/2025

    Forms of political engagement with CCCE fellow Suwannee Conroy-Baarsch

    In the fourth episode of this series we met up with Suwannee from Carleton's Center for Civic and Community Engagement's cohort of Peace, Conflict and Democracy fellows to talk about the importance of political engagement in and outside of voting. Suwannee tells us about the events she coordinates with her coworkers to help people bridge political divides and make sure their voices are heard in local government. She also walks us through ways that we can engage with our own communities on a local and state level.

    15 min

  4. 17/11/2025

    Heron Mahr, Community Engagement Manager at Clean River Partners

    Heron Mahn, Community Engagement Manager at Clean River Partners, chats about their experiences working for Clean River Partners, projects CRP is working on, and the impact of this organization. They do more than just river clean-ups, that's for sure!

    20 min

  5. 10/11/2025

    Carleton College Farm composter project - experiences from student workers and farm manager Amanda Sames

    Join us as we talk with Carleton College's student farm workers Maeve and Daniel, and the farm manager Amanda, about the new composter their farm is building. We chatted with them about about their experiences while working on the farm, the importance of on-site composting, challenges in getting a composter built, and which projects they're looking forward to tackle next.

    27 min

  6. 07/11/2025

    Michael Provancha Chair of the Northfield Environmental Quality Commission

    In the first interview of the series, we talk with the Chair of Northfield's Environmental Quality Commission. Topics include initiatives that the EQC is working on and how the local government process works.

    12 min
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Students from the Carleton College Sustainability Office bring you weekly conversations with folks from the Northfield area who dedicate their time to sustaining our environment.

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    The Sustainability Office at Carleton College
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